13 AUGUST 1983, Page 32

Competition

No. 1282: Robotic lament

Set by Charles Seaton: It is reported that over a third of Russia's industrial robots are jobless and that those in work are un- popular with — and sometimes attacked by — their human fellow-workers. You are asked for verses entitled 'A Robot's Lament'. Limit, 16 lines. Entries to `Competition No. 1282' by 26 August.